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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-27 human Helen Cohn updated 2026-01-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007723b.htm person Celermajer David Stephen AO FAA FAHMS AACR2 8 December 1961 Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cardiology David Celermajer is a renowned cardiologist whose research interests focus on congenital heart disease (CHD), particularly the impact of CHD on other systems in the bod,. and 'whole-of-life' care for patients with CHD. He joined the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney in 1996 and has held senior positions including Director of Echocardiology and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Services. For the Hospital he led the development of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Database. He developed new techniques for the non-invasive investigation and detection of silent atherosclerotic disease and small vessel damage: these techniques are now widely used by other researchers. Other research demonstrated the harmful effects of passive smoking on young adults. In 2000 Celermajer became Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney. He is a fellow of leading Australian learned societies, including the Australian Academy of Science, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and the Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand. Organisations in which he held executive roles include the National Heart Foundation and HeartKids Australia.

"David Celermajer's seminal contribution to science has been the invention of a technique to allow the study of the arterial endothelium in humans, and subsequently the first ever demonstration that arterial damage can occur in children and young adults at risk of vascular disease, e.g. in association with passive smoking and obesity, many years before the disease causes complications such as heart attack or stroke. This identification of pre-symptomatic arterial damage has revolutionised the field of cardiovascular prevention and has led to novel treatment options (such as oral L-arginine and inhaled nitric oxide) for patients with early arterial damage." [from https://www.science.org.au/profile/david-celermajer 27/5/2025]

1976 1976 Life event - Migrated to Australia with his family 1983 1983 Award - Rhodes Scholarship for New South Wales 1983 1983 Education - MS BS (hons), University of Sydney 1989 Education - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1993 1993 Education - PhD, University of London 1994 Career position - Staff Cardiologist, Children's Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales 1996 Career position - Cardiologist and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1998 1998 Award - R. T. Hall Prize, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand 1998 1998 Award - Eric Susman Prize, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2000 Career position - Scandrett Professor of Cardiology, University of Sydney 2000 Career position - Co-Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 2000 2004 Career position - Director of Research, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 2000 2006 Career position - Member, Research Grants Committee, National Heart Foundation 2002 2002 Award - Commonwealth Medal for Excellence in Health and Medical Research 2002 2008 Career position - Member, Scientific Committee, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand 2003 Career position - Clinical Director, Heart Research Institute, Sydney 2006 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 2006 2011 Career position - Chairman, Research Grants Committee, National Heart Foundation 2006 2020 Career position - Head of the Discipline of Cardiology, University of Sydney 2007 Award - Fellow, Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand 2007 2016 Career position - Chairman, Research Committee, National Heart Foundation Research 2008 2021 Career position - Director of Echocardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 2010 2018 Career position - Board Member, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin 2010 2021 Career position - Board member, Sir Zelman Cowen Universities Trust 26 Jan 2014 26 Jan 2014 Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - for distinguished service to medicine in the field of cardiology, as a clinician and researcher, to improved medical diagnostic methods, and to the promotion of heart health, particularly I n children and young adults 2016 Career position - Foundation Board Member, HeartKids Australia 2018 Career position - Chairman, Steering Committee, Congenital Heart Alliance of Australia and New Zealand 2018 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS) 2019 2019 Award - Ruthven Blackburn Medal for Distinguished Contribution to Clinical Research (jointly with Tania Sorrell), University of Sydney School of Medicine 2020 Career position - Board Member, Head Foundation, Singapore Eric Susman Prize, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1962 - )

Awarded the Prize 1998

 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

Cardiologist and Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Services 1996 - ; Director of Echocardiology 2008 - 2021

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Scandrett Professor of Cardiology 2002 -

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1989 -

 Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (1952 - )

Fellow 2007 - ;Member, Scientific Committee 2002 - 2008; awarded R. T. Hall Prize 1998

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 2006 -

 Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2014 - )

Fellow 2018 -

 'Celermajer, David Stephen', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Celermajer, David Stephen Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Fellows of the Academy Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Resource: The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Australian Academy of Science The Academy's Fellows [including profiles and other relevant links] Canberra Australian Academy of Science 2019 Journal Article: Passive smoking and impaired endothelium-dependent arterial dilatation in healthy young adults Celermajer, David S.; Adams, Mark R.; Clarkson, Peter; Robinson, Jacqui; McCredie, Robyn; Donald, Ann; Deanfield, John E. Passive smoking and impaired endothelium-dependent arterial dilatation in healthy young adults 1996 New England journal of medicine 334 3 150-5 Edited Book: Who's who in Australia 2019 Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor Who's who in Australia 2019 55th Southbank, Vic. AAP Directories 2018